Cybersecurity Centre

The page offers cybersecurity guidance for college staff during, emphasizing vigilance and best practices.

Email correspondence with students and people outside of NIC can be a challenge as replies or email with sharing links can often get snagged by the quarantine. This can be mitigated by:
1) Encouraging students to use their NIC account to send mail to you
2) Glance at any quarantine notifications you're sent to spot any false positives
3) Check your quarantine online if you're expecting any email (https://security.microsoft.com/quarantine)

This article explains how to report junk or phishing messages in a way that helps mail like this from being stopped in future.

MFA is the last line of defense between and is used to protect your account, even when your password has been leaked. Setting up MFA whether at work or with your private accounts will significantly improve your security.

Any email with one or more of the following red flags should be treated with caution.

Phishing emails often follows certain themes. This article contains examples received by NIC along with pointers on how to recognize them.